[OC]: VP Presidential Debate Word Cloud

Source for the transcript: [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-vp-debate-transcript-walz-vance-2024/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/full-vp-debate-transcript-walz-vance-2024/)

Visualization was made using matplotlib in a zero-true notebook. Here is a link to the app with source code:

[https://published.zero-true.com/redgiuliano/vp-wordcloud/](https://published.zero-true.com/redgiuliano/vp-wordcloud/)

How do you think this could be improved?

“Believe in the able American night people!” – JD Vance, probably

word clouds are bad visualizations

OK, so I’ve found this interesting.

Beyond Vance never speaking Trump’s name.

Walz said Dick more than he said solutions.

Did I miss something?

OK, so as I typed that I assume it was Dick Cheney.

But welcome my thought process.

I swear at one point, Walz used the word “Fundamental” a dozen times in about 5 minutes. Gow that wordnisn’t anywhere in the cloud in inconceivable to me.

How did Vance say “Kamala” less than “Kamala Harris”? Isn’t that impossible? Because if he said “Kamala Harris” doesn’t he still have to say “Kamala”? And yet he doesn’t need to add the “Harris” part to count towards just saying “Kamala”. Doesn’t make sense